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STEAM SEPARATOR.

No. 435,990. Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY c. WHITE, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrcNoR To GEORGE A. RARNARD,

OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,990,dated September9, 1890.

Application tiled May 13,1890. Serial No. 351,707. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city= New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Steam Separators; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and tothe letters marked thereon, which form part of this speciication.

My invention relates to stea1nseparators; and its novelty consists inthe construction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fullyhereinafter pointed out.

Its object is to deprive the steam from a generator of the waterentrained or suspended in it while on its way to the place of its use.

It is an improvement upon the device patented to me by Letters Patent ofthe United States No. 386,173, dated July 17, 1888, and contains somemodifications of the mechanism therein described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of mydevice, showing the perforated chamber and the float-valve in elevation.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the plane of the line m in Fig. l.Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Referring to the drawings, A is a chamber of metal or other suitablematerial provided with openings to receive the inlet-pipe B, theoutlet-pipe C, the drain-pipe c, provided with a valve or cock, and thewater-gage H. Depending from the inlet-pipe B and forming a continuationthereof is a pipe or chamber D, placed within the chamber A, open at thebottom, and provided with apertures or openings, as d, to permit theescape of the steam into the chamber A. Similarly depending from theoutlet-pipe C is the pipe or chamber E, similarly perforated to admit ofthe entrance of the steam therein. At the top of this pipe E the bodythereof is reduced, forming a valve-seat e, against which a iioat G,suspended within the chamber E, can play. The inlet and outlet pipes arebent at an an-l gle with the main steam-pipe upon their en trance to thechamber A. They are also connected outside of this chamber by a ley-passpipe I, provided with a valve or cock lfor opening and closing the same.Access is afforded to the interior of the chamber A by means of the holeat the bottom yclosed by the plate F. I may make the top or cover of thechamber A of one casting A', having the bent portions b and c of theinlet and outlet pipes and the reduced portion of the outlet-pipecasttherein-aform of constructionwhich recommends itself on account ofits simplicity.

The action of the apparatus is as follows: The saturated steam from thegenerator coming in through the pipe B is dellected downward by strikingthe curved portion thereof b. The entrained or suspended water in thesteam adheres to the Walls of the pipe D and flows down toward thebottom of the chamber.l The steam, being thus deprived of a largeportion' of its water, escapes through the apertures d into the interiorof the chamber A, and thence into the outlet -pipe E through theopenings therein. The floatvalve G serves the purpose of checking theiiow of the steam by rising against the valveseat e if a sudden anddangerous inux of the water occurs within the chamber A, or if thedrip-cock in the pipe c should be neg lected and the water allowed toaccumulate within the chamber A. The float G is guided by the walls ofthe pipe E, so that it will always seat in the proper way. When itoccurs that the water has risen, as stated, and the float is held firmlyagainst the valve-seat e by the pressure of the steam and the flow ofthe steam through Ithe apparatus is stopped, in order to drive the floatfrom its seat the valve t' in the by-pass pipe I is opened, and thesteam is thus permitted to flow directly, and not through the apparatus.

This device is also useful in cases where it is deemed desirable to usethe steam without passing it through the separator. The bypass pipe mayalso be cast within the casting A', if desired. In certain cases I maydispense with the pipe E, and then the float G must be guided to thevalve-seat c, formed on the mouth of the outlet-pipe, by some form ofinexpensive guide, such as vertical rods,

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upon which it slides. The particular means to be employed in any givencase is .readily within the discretion of a trained mechanic.

What I claim as new isl. In a steam-separator, the combination, with thesteam and Water chamber, of the outlet-pipe and a floating Valve forclosing the same, and the inlet-pipe perforated to allow the steam toescape laterally into said chamro ber, as described.

2. In a steam-separator as described, the combination, with the chamberA, of the inlet-pipe B, the chamber D, having apertures, as d, theperforated pipe E, and the outlet-pipe C, as described.

3. In a steamseparator,'the combination, with the chamber A, theinlet-pipe B, and the outlet-pipe C, of the by-pass pipe I, providedwith the valve il, as described.

zo 4. In a steam-separator, the combination,

with the inlet-pipe B, the chamber D, ha ving' apertures, as (l, and theoutlet-pipe C, provided with a valve-seat e upon its inner extremity, ofthe float-valve G, with means for guiding the same against the saidvalve-seat,

as set forth.

5. In a steam-separator, the combination, with the chamber A, of theinlet-pipe B, the chamber D, having apertures, as CZ, the perforatedpipe E, the outlet-pipe C, provided 3o with a valve-seat e, thefloat-Valve G, and the by-pass pipe I, provided with the Valve 15, asdescribed.

6. In combination with a steam-separator,

a cover therefor cast in one piece and containing within the same thecurved portions b and c of the inlet and outlet pipes, and thevalve-seat e, as described.

7. In combination with a steam-separator,

a cover therefor cast in one piece and eon- 4o taining within the samethe curved portions b and c of the inlet and outlet pipes, thevalve-seat e, and the by-pass pipe I, as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. RAIMoND BAIRD, P. F. RANDOLPH.

